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Ståle Walderhaug

Ståle Walderhaug, 51, holds a PhD in computer science and IT systems development and has more than 25…

Kristoffer Lindback Larsen

Kristoffer Lindback Larsen is Founder and CTO of Evolys AS. Since its establishment in 2014, Evolys has taken…

Nina Santi

Nina Santi is Managing Partner in the consultancy INAQ and has broad experience in management, production, and research…

Finn Weltzien

Finn Weltzien is Director for the Aquaculture Division at Nofima. He is a trained zoophysiologist from the University…

Anja Striberny

Anja Striberny is a scientist at Nofima’s Production Biology Department. She completed her PhD at UiT The Arctic…

Harald Ian Muri

Harald Ian Muri is a Research Scientist at SINTEF Ocean, where he works on light environments and lighting…

Kjetil Korsnes

Kjetil Korsnes is the Chief Executive Officer of AquaPredict AS and holds a part-time position at Nord University…

Stian Rognlid

Stian Rognlid is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Aquaticode, which develops AI-based systems for fish phenotyping…

Christine Klykken

Christine Klykken is Research Director at Aqua Kompetanse, a knowledge and advisory company that provides evidence-based services to…

Marit Stormoen

Marit Stormoen qualified as a veterinarian in 2003 and began her career with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority…

Sonal Patel

Sonal Patel is a Senior Research Scientist in fish health at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. She completed a…

Christian Schellewald

Christian Schellewald is a senior research scientist at SINTEF Ocean. His research focuses on computer vision and artificial…

Eivind Farestveit Larsen

Eivind Farestveit Larsen is CEO of Searas AS, a Norwegian technology company developing solutions for water quality, production…

Marius Nilsen

Marius Nilsen is a researcher at NORCE and has several years of experience as a technician in the…

Gaute A. N. Helberg

Gaute Alexander Nedberg Helberg is responsible for smolt and RAS biology at Lerøy Seafood Group. He holds a…

Turid Synnoeve Aas

Turid Synnøve Aas is a Senior Scientist in the Nutrition and Feed Technology Department at Nofima. She holds…

Tom Ole Nilsen

Tom Ole Nilsen is an Associate Professor of Fish Physiology and Aquaculture at the University of Bergen. His…

Hege Øverlie

Hege Øverlie has an educational background in technology management and sensor systems from NTNU, as well as experience…

Ida Beitnes Johansen

Ida Beitnes Johansen is an Associate Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of…

Ole Gabriel Kverneland

Ole Gabriel Kverneland holds an MSc in Aquaculture, specialising in the relationship between water quality and smolt quality.…

Eirik Moen Lillebudal

Eirik Moen Lillebudal is Co-founder of EquaFish, which is developing a decision-support platform for smolt facilities. The platform…

Jan Christian Kerlefsen

Jan Christian Kerlefsen is R&D Director at AKVA group Land Based. He holds a degree in computer engineering…

2026: Industry, Research and Authorities Meet in Sunndal

Great atmosphere, well organised and high‑quality content’ was typical feedback from participants at Smolt Production in the Future…

Even Tronstad Sagebakken

In 2023, Even Tronstad Sagebakken became State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries with responsibility…

Christian Rønning

Christian Rønning works with Business Development at Artec Aqua VAQ. He has a Master of Science in Environmental…

Per Anton Sæther

Per Anton is an experienced veterinarian who, together with the company MarinHelse AS, entered the Åkerblå Group system…

Siri Vike

Siri Vike has 26 years of experience in fish farming and fish health, through companies such as Møre…

Christopher Good

Chris Good is the Director of Research at The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute in Shepherdstown, West Virginia USA.…

Ingrid Lein

Ingrid Lein is a senior scientist at Nofima at Sunndalsøra. For more than 30 years, she has worked…

2024: What is required for successful smolt production in the future?

Good smolt is the key to successful salmon farming. Should it grow big on land to perform better…

Erik-Jan Lock

Erik-Jan Lock is the Research Director at the Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology in the Nofima. He…

Timo Rosche

Timo Rosche is Global RAS Manager at Grieg Seafood. He is a educated engineer from Germany with a…

Bente Ruyter

Dr. Bente Ruyter is Senior Research Scientist for Fish nutrition at Nofima, Ås Norway and Professor II in…

Marius Takvam

Marius Takvam is a PhD candidate at the University of Bergen (UiB) and has an adjunct position as…

Roman Netzer

Roman Netzer is a Senior Research Scientist in aquaculture at SINTEF Ocean, specialising in microbiology. He is a…

Alf Seljenes Dalum

Alf Seljenes Dalum is a researcher at Aqua Competence and an adjunct professor at the University of Tromsø.…

Øyvind Opdahl Viga

Øyvind Opdahl Viga is production coordinator at Tytlandsvik Aqua. He has a master’s degree in fisheries from UiT…

Øyvind Mikkelsen

Øyvind Mikkelsen is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, where his…

Rakesh Ranjan

Rakesh Ranjan is a Research Scientist at the Freshwater Institute. Dr. Ranjan leads research in precision aquaculture. His…

Kevin Torben Stiller

Before coming to Nofima in 2018, Kevin had overseen the close containment lab of the University of British…

Astrid Buran Holan

Astrid Buran Holan is Head of Fish Welfare in ScaleAQ group, which is an international company within aquaculture…

Carlo C. Lazado

Carlo C. Lazado is a senior scientist in fish health in Nofima. He obtained his PhD in Aquatic…

2024: Research and industry meet at ” Smolt Production of the Future”

The conference is an arena for knowledge exchange between fish farmers and researchers. The two days in October…

Trine Ytrestøyl (Nofima)

Trine Ytrestøyl is originally from Trondheim where she studied biology at NTNU – The Norwegian University of Science…

Inger Lise Breivik studied at the University of Bergen and is a qualified aquaculture biologist. She has worked…

Egil Bergersen is general manager of Aquafarm Equipment, supplier of the Aquafarm, a closed aquaculture system at sea.…

Throughout his entire working life, Arne has worked in the aquaculture industry. His work experience includes tending net-pens,…

Åsa Maria Espmark

Åsa Espmark is an Acting Research Director at Nofima, with long experience as senior researcher in Nofima and…

Technical Director Aud Skrudland, Norwegian Food Safety Authority – Region Midt. Veterinarian, specialist in fish diseases, further education…

Paulo Fernandes

Paulo Mira Fernandes is a researcher in aquaculture at NIVA (Norwegian Institute for Water Research). He holds a…

Stine Wiborg Dahle is a Senior Research Scientist at The Aquaculture Department at SINTEF Ocean.  Through many research…

Process engineer and R&D coordinator at Pure Salmon Kaldnes AS (Norway) Sharada Navada is a process engineer with…

Andre Meriac

Andre Meriac is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), working in the Department of…

M. Naveed Yousaf holds a PhD in aquaculture and is working as a Researcher fish health in Skretting…

Svein Martinsen, Head of development in Morefish AS: Working with entrepreneurship, management, concept development landbased and training /…

John Davidson

John Davidson is a Senior Research Scientist at the Freshwater Institute. He has authored over 50 research articles…

René Alvestad

René Alvestad is a Research Scientist in the Production Biology Department of Nofima’s Aquaculture Division. His work focuses…

Commercial director salmon for Benchmark, within genetics and animal health. Here he has the global responsibility for salmon…

Christian Rønning (Pure Salmon Kaldnes)

Department manager, Process department, Pure Salmon Kaldnes AS (Norway) Christian Rønning has a Master of Science in Environmental…

Astrid Buran Holan is the Head of Development – Closed Aquaculture Technology at ScaleAQ. She works with the…

Marius Haegh holds the position as Director of Sales & Process at VAQ AS. He has previously had…

Maria is a partner and leader of EY’s consulting services in Bergen. She is leading the Global Consulting…

Eirik Mikkelsen is a senior researcher at Nofima, and particularly studies the economic and social aspects of aquaculture.…

Audun Iversen has worked as a researcher at Nofima since 1998, with the economics and management of both…

Lars Galtung – Chief Sustainability and Corporate Communication Officer Cermaq Lars Galtung has background from similar roles in…

Research and quality manager in FishGLOBE; Can. scientist in general aquaculture from UIB I work with fish biology…

Jelena Kolarevic is a Professor in RAS biology at the UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.  She is…

Susanna is scientific advisor at Dyrevernalliansen, the Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance. Susanna works to improve the welfare of…

Position: Senior advisor, the Directorate of Fisheries. Education: M.Sc in Aquaculture Biology Workplace: The Directorate of Fisheries, Bergen,…

Kristina S. Hansen

After just over a year of the Gahr Støre government being in place in Norway, a clearer line…

Hanne Digre

Hanne Digre will discuss how the industry can contribute to a green shift in aquaculture. What do we…

Green transition at the 2022 smolt conference at Sunndalsøra

Registration is well underway for this autumn’s conference “Future Smolt Production” at Sunndalsøra. This will be the seventh…

Bente Torstensen

What will it take for research to bring about the Green Shift in aquaculture? Hear Bente Torstensen’s views…

“Future smolt production” 2020 goes digital

Audience from all over the world are virtually welcome to the aquaculture town of Sunndalsøra and the webinar…

2018: Discussed how to produce smolt in the future

330 participants from 10 countries joined the fifth conference on recirculation in aquaculture at Sunndalsøra at the CtrlAQUA and Nofima…